US Patent Issued to Washington University on Dec. 9 for "Molecules and methods for iterative polypeptide analysis and processing" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,042, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Washington University (St. Louis).

"Molecules and methods for iterative polypeptide analysis and processing" was invented by James J. Havranek (Clayton, Mo.) and Benjamin Borgo (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reagents and methods for the digital analysis of proteins or peptides are provided. Specifically provided herein are proteins for identifying the N-terminal amino acid or N-terminal phosphorylated amino acid of a polypeptide. Also, an enzyme for use in the cleavage step of the Edman degradation reaction and a method for using this enzyme are described."

The patent was filed on Nov...